Proverbs 2:6-22
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6 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
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7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
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8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.
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9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
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10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;
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11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
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12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
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13 Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;
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14 Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
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15 Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
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16 To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;
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17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
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18 For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
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19 None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.
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20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.
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21 For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.
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22 But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.